I am halfway through my edits. Hope to be done by the time you are reading this!!
And yes, there’s a LOT of red on the page. 🙂
Some authors prefer writing the first draft and really get excited about it. I get excited, but it’s the HARDEST work I’ve ever done! The whole time I’m drafting I keep telling myself, you can’t edit what you haven’t written…
Now onto last week’s Mystery Question. Below you will find four headlines in the news. Three actually happened. I made up one. Can you guess which one?
- Man confesses to crime the day after he thought the statute of limitations had passed. Unfortunately, he was off a day and was charged with the crime.
- Fugitive makes a deal with PD to surrender if his wanted poster got 15K likes.
- Man detailing how he built bombs at his trial advised by the judge to exercise his Fifth Amendment rights.
- Man escapes murder charge due to victim dying from a fatal disease at the exact time the killer was completing his task.
This post was a fun one. The answers were all over the place. And the one I made up is…#1. Congrats to everyone who guessed correctly. I know #4 sounds crazy but here’s the link to the story.
And now for this week’s Mystery Question. It involves insurance claims and policies. Three of the following are true. I made up one. Guess which one. 🙂
- A jewelry store offered to refund their Christmas sales if the city got more than three inches of snow on Christmas day. Good thing because they got eight inches.
- After someone attempted to steal Liberace’s candelabra, he insured it for one million dollars.
- Speaking of celebrities, J. Lo insured her rear for $27 million dollars.
- A burglar who was trapped in his victim’s garage for a week after the garage opener malfunctioned. He sued the homeowners for mental anguish and collected a million dollars.
Okay, Super Sleuths, which one did I make up? Leave your comment and I’ll enter you in a drawing for a book from my library. And the winner of May’s contest for a book from my library is Caryl Kane!
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Hmm… I’ll go with #1.
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We’ll see, Monique! Thanks for stopping by.
I’m confused by #1, so I’m going to guess it’s that one. Maybe it’s just late, or I’m reading it incorrectly. I don’t understand how a jewelry store could refund their sales? To the people who bought the merchandise? But then you said they got over 8 inches of snow. I think I need some sleep, or something. 🙂
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I hope you got some sleep, Jan! 🙂 We’ll see if it’s #1…
#4, would someone really get stuck in a garage for a week?
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I like your logic, Phyllis! We’ll see if that the right answer next week. 🙂
I will go with #4. #1 is confusing! There is a store around here that has offered to refund your money if it snows on Christmas. I don’t remember how many inches.
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Numbers 1 and 4 seem to be the most popular so far, Mary. We’ll see…thanks for stopping by.
I ‘m going with #1 because of the wording – they would stand to lose a lot of $, I’m thinking; #4 is crazy if true.
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Again, I like your logic…we’ll see if it works next week, Delores. Thanks for chiming in.
#4 for me, too! After Mary Hart insured her legs, I could believe JLo would insure her rear! LOL
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Great logic Regina! And we’ll see if it pans out. 😉
Wow, isn’t human nature funny? How dumb is the burglar in #4! And people insure the craziest things. Still, I think #2 is the one you made up. Happy editing, Pat.
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Yep, human nature is very funny, Tim. Yours is the first vote for #2. 🙂
#2 – it seems like I remember something about this way back in the Dark Ages!
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We’ll see, Lisa. Thanks for chiming in!
I’m choosing #3 again. Frankly, I never paid any attention to J. Lo’s rear so I don’t understand what it would be insure from or against. I know there are insurance companies that insure anything and everything. For example, I learned about 15 years ago that organizations who hold golf tournaments and offer a new car to anyone scoring a hole-in-one on a specific hole simply buy an insurance policy to pay for the car if that happens. However, I can’t think of a single reason that anyone’s rear would be worth $27 million. The fact I can’t imagine this probably means it really happened.
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There goes your logic working again, Edward. Have you really noticed J Lo’s rear???? lol
I am being totally honest when I say I have noticed her rear. In fact, if I saw a picture of several current female movie stars together (I am speaking of their faces), I doubt I could tell you which one is J. Lo. I seldom watch TV and have only seen a couple of movies in the past 40 years that were not Christian movies. I simply don’t have a desire to support Hollywood and what it represents by going to the movies. By the way, if you displayed the rears of those same movie stars, I would have an even greater difficulty trying to identify them. You can ask my wife how much attention I pay to movie stars.
UGH!!! I clicked submit and after it displayed, I reread the first sentence. I did NOT say what I meant to say. I intended saying “I have NOT noticed her rear.” Believe me when I say I don’t know hers from any other movie star’s.
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Oh, Edward, I was teasing you. I’m with you. I went to see one movie last year – If I Could Only Imagine. And I don’t watch TV either other than the news and little of that–it’s too depressing. And I knew what you meant to say. 🙂 I do watch Antique Roads Show…mainly because everything in my house is an antique. lol
#2
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Thanks for stopping by, Lucy!
I am going with #4. I remember hearing something about JLo insuring her rear and maybe even something about Liberace’.
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We’ll see, Gloria. People insure some of the strangest things. Thanks for stopping by.
#4 — why would a trespassing burglar be entitled to anything other than a jail cell!?
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Good question, MS Barb. Thanks for chiming in.
I think I’ll go with 4!
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Number 4 is very popular, Jackie! Thanks for stopping by.
#4 is false!
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May be, Shelia. 🙂 We’ll see next week. Thanks for stopping by.
4
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Joan, I’ll put you down in the #4 column. It’s very popular. 🙂
I’ll be say three. I think she insured it for more! Not that it was warranted!
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If #3 is true, I totally agree with you, Paula. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
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Pat, I’m excited to have won May’s contest! Thank you so much!
Caryl, I’ll get your book in the mail asap! Thanks for commenting.
#4
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We’ll see, Carole. Number 4 is the most popular answer. 🙂
I believe it is the Liberace one. #2?
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Not many have chosen #2 Susan…we’ll see next week! Thanks for stopping by!
Number four for me too.
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I’ve added you to the #4 column, Jeanna! Thanks for chiming in.
#4 is just too unreal
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It’s a really popular answer, Joni! Thanks for joining in on the fun!
I’ll say #2 this week, though they all sound about right! People sue or claim insurance for the strangest things 😉
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That’s the truth, Trixi! Thanks for stopping by. We’ll see next week if you are correct.